[NetBehaviour] 090909 UpStage Festival Performances Announced

helen varley jamieson helen at creative-catalyst.com
Tue Jul 14 12:42:18 CEST 2009


/(apologies for x-posting & please forward ... )/

We are delighted to announce the performances selected for the 090909 
UpStage Festival, which takes place online and at RL access nodes around 
the world on 9 September 2009. http://www.upstage.org.nz

There will be eleven performances - six by artists who have previously 
created work in UpStage and five from artists who are new to the 
environment. As with previous UpStage festivals, there promises to be 
something for everyone. Themes include time, salvation, city life, and 
explorations of cyberformance and collaborative creativity. The artists 
have drawn inspiration from improv theatre, mythology, fairy tales, 
absurdist theatre, poetry, daily life and media theory. One performance, 
"Salvation" (by Marlena Corcoran with Antoinette LaFarge, Julian Hermann 
and Tara Rebele), will have its second presentation at 090909, having 
premiered in May at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice where it 
was very well received.

Information about the performances can be found at 
http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=366; the schedule of performance 
times will be published here closer to the festival, and live links to 
the stages will be available just before each show. All you need to 
attend the performances is an internet connection and browser with the 
Flash player plug-in.

So far there are potentially 9 RL ("real-life") access nodes at 
locations around the world; operating times for the nodes will be added 
here: http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=318 as the nodes are 
confirmed. RL access nodes provide a physical venue for people to watch 
screenings of the performances, and interact via public computers. If 
you are interested in hosting a node, please read the information on the 
page and contact us to arrange it.

We are also looking for people who can assist with recording the 
performances for documentation/archival purposes. If you can help, 
please email me - helen at upstage.org.nz.

UpStage enables performers located around the world to collaboratively 
manipulate media (text, graphics, audio, web cams) in real-time for 
online audiences who interact in the performance via a text chat. The 
annual festival is a showcase of performances created in UpStage. 
Further information about UpStage and previous festivals can be found at 
http://www.upstage.org.nz

Looking forward to a great 090909 festival!

helen : )

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helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst       
helen at creative-catalyst.com   
http://www.creative-catalyst.com
http://www.avatarbodycollision.org
http://www.upstage.org.nz
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